Olympic Games

Artemis Ignatiou has been the choreographer of several Olympic Flame ceremonies in the last decade, but Thursday's Lighting of the Flame for the Rio 2016 Olympics at Ancient Olympia will be really special for her and the dancers to perform at the event.

Fire spurted from a concave mirror Wednesday as a priestess, kneeling in her long, pleated dress before a ruined Greek temple, focused the blazing sun's rays on her metal torch.

Come rain or shine on Thursday's official lighting ceremony, Rio de Janeiro has now secured its Olympic flame, which will burn in the Brazilian host city throughout the Aug. 5-21 games.

"10 anni di noi, 10 anni con voi!"

Bulgaria's top male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov secured a tough victory over Federico Delbonis (Argentina), paving his way for a match against the world's No 2 Andy Murray.

Dimitrov won against Delbonis 7:6 (8), 4:6, 6:4, in a game that lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. He had problems with the index finger of his right hand during the third set and asked for medical assistance.

BIRN’s documentary ‘The Unidentified’, about the men responsible for some of the most brutal atrocities of the Kosovo war in 1999, had its French premiere at the Sarajevo Sur Seine film festival.

Bulgaria claimed five bronze medals at the European wrestling championship which took place in Riga between March 8 and 13.

Bulgaria won a medal in each of the three styles - men's freestyle and Graeco-Roman and in the women's wrestling.

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Bulgaria claimed two bronze medals in the opening day of the European wrestling championship which is taking place in Riga between Monday and Sunday.

The medals were won by Elitsa Yankova in the women's 48 kg category and by Georgi Vangelov in the men's 57 kg freestyle.

Tarzan, the famous ape man, was known for many abilities, including incredible strength, speed, endurance - and swimming.

Lindsey Vonn broke Annemarie Moser-Proell's record for most World Cup downhill victories with her 37th in skiing's marquee event on Jan. 23.

Vonn beat Larisa Yurkiw of Canada by 0.28 seconds on the Olympia delle Tofane course - the same site where she eclipsed Moser-Proell's overall women's record of 62 victories a year ago - with a nearly flawless run amid windy conditions.